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Blue Elephant Theatre Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1077161LondonArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£109k2025-03-31
Spending£171ksame year
Spent / received106%5-year average
Size in its cause80th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered1999Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Blue Elephant Theatre Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03724349). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Blue Elephant Theatre Limited reported income of £109k and spending of £171k, spending 157% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £224k to £109k (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Blue Elephant Theatre Limited sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Positive View Foundation (£109k), Blaze Arts (£109k) and The Golsoncott Foundation (£109k).

Income and spending

£0£69k£138k£207k£276k2021 Income: £223,9712021 Spending: £195,78020212022 Income: £275,5062022 Spending: £241,13320222023 Income: £184,8312023 Spending: £257,25120232024 Income: £146,2332024 Spending: £135,33020242025 Income: £108,9212025 Spending: £171,1452025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Theatre in the community running education workshops for young people and a professional programme of work supporting new and emerging artists.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Positive View FoundationDover£109k
Blaze ArtsLancashire£109k
The Golsoncott FoundationExeter£109k
In Between TimeAvon£109k